Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To start again or anew.
- intransitive verb To begin operation again.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To start again after a stop or pause: specifically used of injectors for feeding-boilers, which adjust themselves to varying pressures of the steam, and, after breaking the continuous flow of water, will pick it up again without readjustment by hand; also of motors for vehicles, which, after being stopped, will start up again without the necessity of compressing and igniting the charge by turning the motor-shaft by hand.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of starting something again.
- verb To
start again . - verb computing to
reboot .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb take up or begin anew
- verb start an engine again, for example
Etymologies
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Examples
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Beckham's scoring strike off a restart is his hallmark and showed why he was the inspiration for the 2003 motion picture "Bend It Like Beckham."
USATODAY.com - Beckham bends England to 1-0 victory over Ecuador 2006
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Finally, Jericho have been wrapped up too fast in my opinion and I would gladly scratch season 2 to restart from the end of season 1.
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It'll restart from the left side so it's easier to write down.
Archive 2008-06-01 2008
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The point to the restart is to give us his beginnings, from a rough soldier to the smooth lifetaker and heartbreaker he becomes.
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The act of putting the ball back into play is called a restart.
Coaching Kids to Play Soccer Jim San Marco 2007
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The act of putting the ball back into play is called a restart.
Coaching Kids to Play Soccer Jim San Marco 2007
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The act of putting the ball back into play is called a restart.
Coaching Kids to Play Soccer Jim San Marco 2007
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Taking the restart from the left side of the penalty area,
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The Marc Webb-directed restart is intended to scale the series back from Spider-Man 3’s massive $250+ million price tag to a mere $80 million budget for the 3D 2012 release, starting with the lead it seems.
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And now, anything like my current anemia triggers it to restart, which is why I am losing more now.
Archive 2009-04-01 Elizabeth McClung 2009
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